BLUE v. JONES

No. 12775.

231 F.2d 502 (1956)

Cora Hunter BLUE, Appellant, v. Roscoe L. JONES, t/a Roscoe L. Jones Co., et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 23, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Henry Lincoln Johnson, Jr., Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Mr. Mark P. Friedlander, Washington, D. C., for appellees Jones. Mr. Jack Politz, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellees Jones.

Mr. Vernon E. West, Corp. Counsel for the District of Columbia, Mr. Chester H. Gray, Principal Asst. Corp. Counsel, and Messrs. Milton D. Korman and J. Hampton Baumgartner, Jr., Asst. Corp. Counsel, entered appearances for appellees Evans, Carey and Ilgenfritz.

Before PRETTYMAN, FAHY and BASTIAN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This is a civil action for a declaratory judgment to quiet title to real estate, and for other relief. Appellee Hortense Priscilla Jones is the daughter of one Nero Jones, who died intestate in November, 1951. He owned, among other things, certain real estate. The plaintiff in the action is his mother. She alleged that he was unmarried, that he left surviving him brothers and sisters, and that Hortense was illegitimate. Hortense alleged that her father...

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